Warehousing and distribution

Central Shipping and Receiving Building. Such a building could also include many other warehousing and distribution operations such as a mailroom, printing/copy center, stores, surplus warehouse, etc. 

The term quality control has been widely and loosely employed in the frozen food industry. In the dynamic sense it means the application and control of those techniques of raw material selection, handling, processing, warehousing, and distribution which are known to be required for the production and maintenance of a given level of product quality and condition. 

Since attention to detail is imperative, we continuously strive to improve through benchmarking among our locations on hundreds of metrics, putting to use best practices that continue to raise performance levels. During Fiscal 2004, we continued to see more warehousing and distribution efficiencies in our broadline companies that improved key expense metrics. . . ... 

At least three production batches should be selected for thorough analysis to include (a) traceability of all components or materials used in the subject batches, (b) documentation of raw material or component, in-process, and finished goods testing for the subject product batches, and (c) warehousing and distribution records as they would relate to a possible recall. 

Using collation casing and palletization for warehousing and distribution (i.e., tertiary packaging)... 

Manufacturing controls—sample batch records, list of SOPs packaging component control, raw material control, packaging and labeling control, yield accountability and reconciliation, warehousing and distribution... 

In addition to corresponding changes within manufacturing operations, in recent years the warehousing and distribution aspects of the industry have tended to become more automated. This has minimized the need for human intervention, thereby eliminating many user errors, and has removed the reliance on paperwork for the operation of the plant and the management of the many specialist products and suppliers, leading to improvements in productivity. 

Failure to establish procedures for the warehousing and distribution ofstock. ... 

IQA (1994) [supplement EU definition with. ..] It concerns production, quality control, and warehousing and distribution procedures. 

The formulation and packaging disciplines have carried out adequate investigation or feasibility support work to establish the functional and aesthetic aspects of the pack, both primary and secondary. The primary pack (US terminology—immediate pack) may be defined as the pack which is in immediate contact with the product, and the secondary pack as the ancillary materials required for presentation, information, warehousing and distribution purposes. Feasibility or investigational work may involve information-gathering on the pack and its components, etc. (i.e. basic research into materials, packs and processes) and compatibility studies, accelerated or otherwise, on the product and pack. 

The prime containers in warehousing and distribution could be protected with plastic boxes or in wooden crates, which could be made returnable and therefore reusable. This would entail the problem of retrieving the containers, cleaning (thereby creating effluent), re-marking them and putting them into the cycle. 

Reduced volume, (these two result in significant savings in warehousing and distribution costs plus advantages to the... 

Warehousing and distribution hazards include impacts, compression and vibration. One or a combination of these may distort the container, loosen or tighten the closure, and cause deterioration to the decoration. Thus any of these aspects may have to be tested by simulated laboratory tests or actual warehousing/travel tests. 

It is essential that the physical state of the product and its route of administration into the body are known, as the more facts that are known the easier it is to decide on the warehousing and distribution conditions and limitations, e.g. is the product an aqueous liquid needing to be kept cool but not frozen i.e. stored and transported between 2 and 8°C The product itself will belong to one of the following categories ... 

Several basic types of materials are used, all of which have been detailed in previous chapters, i.e. glass, metals, paper and board, plastics, wood and compound (comprising two or more of the above). Only those aspects of packaging design related to the warehousing and distribution modes will be addressed here. 

Paper and board packaging is used mainly for secondary or tertiary packaging labels, cartons, and corrugated cases—and is the main material used to protect the product in warehousing and distribution. 

Plastics packaging is used in only a few minor roles in warehousing and distribution, namely shrink-wrap used as alternatives to metals (often has less to offer in terms of stacking strength). 

Although warehousing and distribution may be primarily associated with bulk or the unit load packaging, they are also related to secondary packaging because sometimes these secondary packs are broken down (e.g. at the wholesaler) and sent out to their final destination as singles or twos. If this happens and the unit packaging is poor (e.g. poor quality carton),... 

As the familiarity with the system has increased, so has the number of uses which we have found for the information it has yielded. These uses now include sales analysis, and the determination of sales territories warehousing and distribution studies advertising and promotional programs end-use market studies the surveying of competitive products. Information obtained on end uses and competitive products is, in turn, applied in our product development programs which constitute a highly important and costly part of competing in the plastics industry. 

Similarly, warehousing and distribution centers fail to function when products must move speedily through the pipeline. When market prices change as rapidly as computer components, Compaq s computers, which sit in distribution centers for several months, lose their value by the time they reach consumers. Dell s more responsive pricing is made possible by its fast-moving distribution channel. 

Primary data were collected for all foreground processes (e.g. farm, processing, transport, warehousing and distribution). The use phase was modelled based on literature data and background processes such as input materials, electricity, fuels, fuel combustion and end-of-life process were taken from GaBi LCA databases (PE, 2013). 

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